Board Thread:Classic DMC/@comment-71.182.249.14-20150719183928/@comment-6769189-20150828212611

No he needed Sparda. He only took on Spardas form because he was using Sparda to DT. Without drawing power from it, he wouldn't have won. The game even says the other Devil Arms when you try to switch to them.

"Generic thing" isn't a legitimate reason for Dante having surpassed Sparda. Genetics would mean nothing if Dante wasn't a Demon Hunter. By the end of DMC2 he definitely is stronger considering he killed Despair Embodied.